common-law marriage
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And if people think common-law marriage is a good alternative, think again.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2024
He married four times, always to dancers, and lived with a fifth in a common-law marriage.
From New York Times • Oct. 31, 2022
No, because the federal government does not recognize common-law marriage either.
From Slate • Jul. 27, 2022
If you like good food, civil unrest, high art, common-law marriage, beautiful architecture and endemic corruption: bienvenue!
From The Guardian • Jun. 30, 2017
In 1901 came the great New York statute abolishing the common-law marriage, which we have discussed above.
From Popular Law-making by Stimson, Frederic Jesup
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
